Oreste Perri
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Italian sprint canoeist and politician
Born (1951-06-27) 27 June 1951 (age 74)
Castelverde, Lombardy, Italy
Preceded byGian Carlo Corada
Succeeded byGianluca Galimberti
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| Born | (1951-06-27) 27 June 1951 (age 74) Castelverde, Lombardy, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mayor of Cremona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 23 June 2009 – 12 June 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gian Carlo Corada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Gianluca Galimberti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | The People of Freedom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oreste Perri (born 27 June 1951) is an Italian sprint canoeist (and later politician) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.
Perri was born in Castelverde, in the province of Cremona. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 1000 m: 1975 (tied with Poland's Grzegorz Śledziewski, K-1 10000 m: 1974, 1975, 1977) and two bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1974, 1977).
Perri also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth twice (1972: K-4 1000 m, 1976: K-1 1000 m). On 22 June 2009, Perri was sworn in as mayor of Cremona, Italy.
References
- "Profile as Cremona's mayor". comune.cremona.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oreste Perri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Cremona 2009-2014 |
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